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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, CPA preferred.
• At least three years experience in health care accounting management preferably in home health or hospice care operations or Home Care.
• Information systems knowledge required.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel.
• Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations and standards.
• Demonstrates good communications and public relations skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages all daily transactional accounting operations and accounting information systems including accounts receivable functions, accounts payable functions, payroll functions, asset accounting and financial reporting.
• Manages and reports on Bad Debt/Write-offs.
• Ensures financial record systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and in compliance with state, federal regulations.
• Assists the Assistant Executive Director and ED in the preparation of the annual budget and prepares budget variation reports.
• Protects the assets of the organization through effective internal controls, internal auditing, and direct supervision of accounting operations.
• Manages and controls cash disbursements through an effective accounts payable system.
• Prepares and files periodic financial statements for the Director of Operations.
• Gathers, collates, and reports key statistics through the effective utilization of information systems.
• Provides suggestions in strategic financial planning including identifying opportunities for improved fiscal viability.
• Prepares and reports all applicable federal, state and local taxes.
• Prepares all requested documentation for annual internal and external audits.
• Maintains patient and organization confidentiality at all times.
• Ensures reimbursement through efficient billing and collections operations and effective accounts receivable management.
• Ensures that billing and patient accounts record systems are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and in compliance with state, federal and regulations.
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of payer contracts and ensures that payers are billed according to contract provisions.
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of government billing regulations including Medicare and Medicaid regulations and serves as a resource for appropriate organization personnel.
• Monitors aged accounts receivable and resubmits bills to overdue accounts, submits seriously overdue accounts to collection agencies for collection, and prepares bad debt reports for the Executive Director/Administrator
• Gathers, collates, and reports key billing information to the Director of Operations
• Collaborates with the Controller in successfully reconciling the billing system reports with the general ledger.
• Supervises the use of the billing information system and maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of the system including upgrades and enhancements.
• Supervises and reconciles cash receipts and bank deposits according to policy.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with patients, family members, payers and referral sources.
• Provides supervision of staff as assigned.